West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-02-25
WHAT ElIl.LSAAERlCANS.

FastLivIns-EsehicssR atius-Hnrd DEiak-
ing-POor Sc '-s-Social JeRlousy-
Polisicn, A.. ;isz-Ylolent Passions
- Race Tor Money.
~ The alarming disease of this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tons for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
In the United States is de-
creasiag every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are 50
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui
cides, committed without APP
parent reason, or underso-called
depression of Spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which IS a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life of
the nation. They assail the
springs Of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and woman's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the IN
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow
erty; the use of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion OF
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay. any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the luratic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, NeIrogs Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in the Nerves and In
the organs Of Digestion, Assim-
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there is no enact
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its wainings:-headache
in tho morning; a persistent
dull heaviness or aching at the
base Of the brain; wakefulness;
loss ofoppotite and disgustwith
food; loss Of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessness and anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; quotations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation of the heart; sal
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure Of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is total aban-
donment of the habits and Gus
toms which cause the disease
In each inlividual case. and the
use of So 5er Extract ofRc2tS
(Seigels Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community OF Mt. Lcb-
anon, N. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disordered sto,n-
ach, liver and kidneys, restOr-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion of bile, ex-
polling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon. the. nervous system
Shaker E1tract(Seige lsSylup)
acts as q safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect and then leaves
the nerves 10 regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.